Bleaching composition



FIP8303 mm m" ZLA! ELLO ut mumm JOSEPH FRANCIS KING, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AS SIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO HY B. HAINES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that "I, J OSEPH FRANCIS KING, a citizen of the United States, and a'resident of the cit of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, fate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bleaching Compositions, of which the following is a specification. Y A

My invention relates to a bleachlng composition or compound for use in the process of bleaching materials such as cotton, linen and other. plant fibers, textile goods and similar materials, as well as wool, silk and other animal fibers. I

I have discovered that a new and useful composition suitable for useas a bleaching agent may be composed from common salt or sodium chlorid, soda ash or sodium carbonate, hydrogen peroxid, caustic soda or potassium hydrate and Glauber salt or sodium sulfate.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to mix together the following ingredients in substantially the proportions as follows:

10 parts by weight of common salt or sodium chlorid,

10 parts by weight of soda ash or sodium carbonate,

lOparts by weight of caustic potash or potassium hydrate, I 6 parts by weiht of hydrogennpe nxid, 24 parts by weight of Glauber salt or sodium sulfate.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Application filed June as, 1919. Serial No. 307,265.

solution and boil the contents of the vat for an hour, after which I rinse the bleached goods or material first with hot water for about five minutes and then'with cold water for about five minutes.

While I have described one mode of compounding and a way of using my bleaching composition, such description is intended as exemplifying, rather than limiting, my invention and it is, therefore, understood that the materials, their proportions, the order in which they are composed and the period of treatment may be suitably varied Without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I

fclaim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. In a composition for use as a bleaching agent, the combination of sodium chlorid, potassium hydrate, sodium carbonate, hydrogen peroxid and sodium sulfate.

2. In a composition for use as a bleaching agent, the combination of sodium chlorid, hydrogen peroxid and sodium sulfate.

3. In a composition for use as a bleaching agent, the combination of 10 parts by weight of sodium chlorid, 10 parts by Weight of potassium hydrate, 10 parts by Weight of sodium carbonate, 6 parts by weight of hy drogen peroxid and 24 parts by Weight of sodium sulfate.

4. In a composition for use as a bleaching agent, the combination of equal portions of sodium chlorid, potassium hydrate and sodium carbonate, a smaller portion of hydrogen peroxid and a larger portion of sodium sulfate.

5. In a composition for use'as ableaching agent, the combination of sodium chlo-rid, an alkali, a carbonate of soda, a peroxid and sodium sulfate.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of June, 1919'.

JOSEPH Farmers KING. 

